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How do I return offline e-mails to IMAP folders?

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We recently moved to a new host and our host failed to connect our main domain to the new hosting space (instead connected a redirect there) so our e-mail server continued to operate on the old host until today. We connected the domain to the new host and now all of the e-mails received in between the disconnect for our IMAP accounts (2) were moved to trash. Is it possible to get these e-mails back in the folders they belong in and/or even create the folders again? As it stands I'm not even able to create folders for what ever reasons and move e-mails into the folders without them jumping back to trash.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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We recently moved to a new host and our host failed to connect our main domain to the new hosting space (instead connected a redirect there) so our e-mail server continued to operate on the old host until today. We connected the domain to the new host and now all of the e-mails received in between the disconnect for our IMAP accounts (2) were moved to trash. Is it possible to get these e-mails back in the folders they belong in and/or even create the folders again? As it stands I'm not even able to create folders for what ever reasons and move e-mails into the folders without them jumping back to trash. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Move the messages out of Trash to your 'Local Folders' account. Then try to copy to the IMAP server. Start with a single message. If that works, copy the remaining messages. You can then delete the local copies.

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Move the messages out of Trash to your 'Local Folders' account. Then try to copy to the IMAP server. Start with a single message. If that works, copy the remaining messages. You can then delete the local copies.